2006-07-13 12:53:16 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
There is a little known fossil from a breed of chicken called Chickenus omlettus that looks a lot like the half-moon omelet shape. It appears to be an anscestor to the modern chicken, but probably died out because its shape only conferred the dubious advantage of it being naturally selected by hungry neandertal Bed & Breakfast owners.
2006-07-13 13:54:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gallus gallus domesticus (the domesticated chicken) was around well before the discovery of fire by ancient hominids. Since heat and fire is required for cooking, it's clear that the chicken came first.
Now, if you want to claim that the modern chicken is a different animal than the chickens that humans originally caught and domesticated a few thousand years ago, I'd say there's an excellent chance we'd already learned to cook eggs already. Even so, I don't think enough genetic change has occurred to the chicken for it to be considered different--and I'd guess that if we could resurrect an ancient chicken, they could still interbreed with modern varieties.
2006-07-13 20:00:22 · answer #2 · answered by Jon R 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, Studies have shown that life started with a single cell organism. This was figured by the adaptation that they grew to multiple cells which were mammals. So the correct answer would be "The chicken came before the egg.
2006-07-19 15:19:03 · answer #3 · answered by Wolfie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
did someone scramble your brains for breakfast today?
2006-07-13 20:47:56 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋